BATTLE OF EUROPE: In the Middle of the Night

Twelve days had passed since
British bombers tore the German night, ten since U.S. bombers flew in
sunlight to Le Bourget (see cols, 1 & 2). Bad weather, the one defense
which works against an air offensive, had given both the Germans and
the Allied bombing fleets a valuable respite.

When the weather broke, day bombers and night bombers took wing from
Britain. In their longest flight of the war from British bases, U.S.
Fortresses flew 1,700 miles to Trondheim and back, left that Norwegian
port's submarine and warship nests in flames. The...